Smisby

Other current and historical names

Smithsby
The Forties
Forties, The

Parish/Community: Smisby
District/Borough: South Derbyshire
County: Derbyshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°46'6"N 1°29'5"W
Eastings/Northings: 434856, 319099
OS Grid: SK348190
Mapcode Local: GBR 6GS.HD9
Mapcode Global: WHDHL.5P61

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Smisby within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Smisby in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Smisby (or Smithsby), par. and vil., Derbyshire, 2 miles N. of Ashby de la Zouch, 1220 ac., pop. 289.

Smisby in the Domesday Book

A village in Walecros hundred, in the county of Derbyshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edwin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Nigel of Stafford
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Nigel of Stafford
- Taxable Value: 2 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 5 villagers
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough (2 plough lands)
- Woodland: ¹⁄₂ mixed measure

British Place Names

Smisby, Derbyshire

Smisby is a village in Derbyshire

Smisby in historic gazetteers

Smisby in the Domesday Book